“To make an action honorable, it ought to be agreeable to the age, and other circumstances of the person; since it is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad.” ActionEvilHonorGoodBadCircumstanceAgesilaus Author:Plutarch
“That which is chiefly the office of a general, to force the enemy into fighting when he finds himself the stronger, and to avoid being driven into it himself when he is the weaker...” MilitaryStrategyRomeGreeceGeneralCaesarPompeyAgesilaus Book:Plutarch's Lives: Volume II Source: Plutarch's Lives: Volume II